{"id":2428630,"date":"2026-05-22T21:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2428630"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:23:01","slug":"royals-retain-stranglehold-on-large-school-softball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-retain-stranglehold-on-large-school-softball\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals retain stranglehold on large-school softball"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\tLakenheath freshman Addison Brown slides into second base against the Ramstein Royals on May 22, 2026. (Lydia Gordon\/Stars and Stripes)
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KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany \u2013 Ramstein cemented a Royal dynasty Friday, capturing its fourth-straight DODEA-Europe Division I softball championship after a 7-2 victory over the Lakenheath Lancers. <\/p>\n

In what Royals senior Kelsey Moya described as a \u201cpitcher\u2019s game,\u201d both teams faced tough competition in the circle as she and Lakenheath freshman Addison Brown dueled throughout the championship matchup. <\/p>\n

In the opening inning, Ramstein quickly retired the Lancers\u2019 top three batters behind a combination of strong defensive plays and a strikeout from Moya. <\/p>\n

Lakenheath had little time to settle in as the Royals were hungry for an early lead in the bottom half of the inning. Freshman Kendall Randolph won a lengthy at-bat against Brown before reaching on a bouncing ball to shortstop that resulted in an error, giving Ramstein an early lead. <\/p>\n

Sophomore Mariah Redmond followed with an RBI single, bringing Randolph home to cap the Royals\u2019 two-run opening inning. <\/p>\n

While the second inning remained scoreless thanks to strong defensive play from both teams, the Lancers broke through in the top of the third. Senior Ariel Cannon, who reached on a single, came home on a deep RBI double from Brown, bringing the score to a one-run deficit. <\/p>\n

Lakenheath\u2019s run was quickly answered in the bottom half of the inning as junior Adysen Johnston used aggressive baserunning to help the Royals regain their two-run cushion. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been going over the base running since the beginning of the season,\u201d Johnston said. \u201cI think it\u2019s really helped us put runs on the scoreboard because we\u2019re not scared to get down.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tRamstein junior Kelsey Moya runs to first base after a hit during the DODEA-Europe Division I championship on May 22, 2026. (Lydia Gordon\/Stars and Stripes)
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\n\t\t\t\tRamstein freshman Kendall Randolph throws a ball to first during the DODEA-Europe Division I championship on May 22, 2026. (Lydia Gordon\/Stars and Stripes)
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\n\t\t\t\tThe Ramstein Royals celebrate a 7-2 win over the Lakenheath Lancers in the DODEA-Europe Division I championship game on May 22, 2026. (Lydia Gordon\/Stars and Stripes)
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\n\t\t\t\tLakenheath sophomore Knellasia Studstill throws a ball to first during the DODEA-Europe Division I championship on May 22, 2026. (Lydia Gordon\/Stars and Stripes)
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\n\t\t\t\tLakenheath sophomore Isabelle Laubach swings at a pitch in a game against the Ramstein Royals during the DODEA-Europe Division I championship game on May 22, 2026. (Lydia Gordon\/Stars and Stripes)
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\n\t\t\t\tRamstein senior Ilana Johnson stands on base in the DODEA-Europe Championship game on May 22, 2026. (Lydia Gordon\/Stars and Stripes)
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The Lancers mounted one final push in the fifth inning. After reaching base on a hard grounder to the Royals\u2019 shortstop, Applewhite put pressure on the Royals defense with back-to-back steals before Brown drove a line-drive RBI double to left field to cut Ramstein\u2019s lead to one run. <\/p>\n

Lakenheath continued to threaten with runners on base, but a strikeout and a key catch in left field by Royals senior Ilana Johnson halted the rally and preserved the Royals\u2019 advantage. <\/p>\n

In the bottom of the sixth inning, the tight 3-2 contest swung firmly back in the Royals\u2019 favor. <\/p>\n

A string of baserunners set the stage for nearly identical hits from senior Olivia Neely and Johnston, both driving balls to center field as the Royals appeared to finally crack Brown\u2019s rhythm in the circle. <\/p>\n

Neely\u2019s RBI double and Johnston\u2019s two-run hit, followed by a sacrifice-fly RBI from Kendall Randolph, pushed Ramstein to a 7-2 lead that held through the final inning. <\/p>\n

Tournament MVP Kelsey Moya and her catching partner, Johnston, commended the Lancers for the challenge they presented throughout the championship matchup. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a bunch of competition. Everybody wanted to have first place today,\u201d Moya said. \u201c(Brown) pitched a great game, but we got a hold of the ball.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.stripes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lakenheath freshman Addison Brown slides into second base against the Ramstein Royals on May 22, 2026. (Lydia Gordon\/Stars and Stripes) KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany \u2013 Ramstein cemented a Royal dynasty Friday, capturing its fourth-straight DODEA-Europe Division I softball championship after a 7-2 victory over the Lakenheath Lancers. In what Royals senior Kelsey Moya described as a \u201cpitcher\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2428631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[463179,463180,363597],"class_list":["post-2428630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-dodea-europe-softball","tag-high-school-softball-in-europe","tag-ramstein-royals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Royals-retain-stranglehold-on-large-school-softball.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428632,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428630\/revisions\/2428632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}